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| TURA | |
 The Château Schossberger in Tura. |
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| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Pays |  Hungary |
| County ( county ) |
 Pest (Central Hungary) |
| District ( walk ) |
Aszod |
| Roast | Would |
| Mayor ( mayor ) Mandate |
Ferenc Szendrei (Indépendant) (2014-2019) |
| Code postal | 2194 |
| Telephone code | (+36) 28 |
| Demography | |
| Population | 7 714 in a way. ( ) |
| Density | 138 Hab./km 2 |
| Geography | |
| Contact details | 47 ° 37 ′ North, 19 ° 36 ′ is |
| Surface | 5 592 ha = 55.92 km 2 |
| Divers | |
| Minority communities | Gypsies, Armenians ( first is Jan. 2011) |
| Ethnic identities ( nationality ) |
Hungarian 94.3%, Gypsies 7.4%, Germans 0.2% (2001) |
| Religions | Catholics 84.3%, Greek Catholics 0.4%, reformed 2.3%, evangelical 1.2%, other confessions 0.2%, without religion 2.3% (2001) |
| Liens | |
| Site web | www.tura.hu |
| Sources | |
| Central Statistics Office (KSH) | |
| 2014 municipal elections | |
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TURA is a city and a town in the Pest Comitat in Hungary, it is notably known for its castle.
The city of Tura is located between the great Hungarian plain and the Mátra mountains, in the Galga valley.
Tura is mentioned for the first under the name of Thwra In a charter dating from 1220. At that time, the Ákos family owned the city. In 1425, one of the family’s descendants, Miklós Ördög PRODAVIZI, Tura exchange at King Sigismond.
A charter of 1523 indicates that the city already lifts its own taxes. In 1544, after taking Buda by the Ottomans three years earlier, Tura passed under Muslim domination. However, the city has never been abandoned and the church has also survived the Ottoman occupation. Despite several revolts, the most notorious of which was that certainly that of 1594 led by Simon Forgách, Tura will remain under Muslim domination hang more than a century. In 1633, the city was divided into two taxable land. At the end of Ottoman domination, there were only 61 families in Tura.
At XVIII It is A century, the Tura population began to grow thanks to the development of agriculture. The trade flourishes and the inhabitants of Tura will sell their goods in Buda, Pest, Miskolc, Hatvan, Vác or Gyöngyös. In 1740, Tura, who then belonged to Antoine Nagy Hevizi, became a French city. At that time there were 59 taxable houses.
The One of the greatest battles of the Hungarian Revolution in 1848 took place in Tura, between the Hungarian revolutionary troops of Mór Perczel and the Russian army of Alexander Petrovitch Tolstoyvenue to help the Austrians. Until 1873, Tura was owned by the Esterházy family, but it was sold at Baron Sigismond Schossberger. In 1910, there were 900 houses and 4,759 inhabitants.
Tura had a preponderant role in agriculture, and especially in the breeding and cultivation of fruit. The collective farms of the city which started in 1949 proved to be beneficial within the communist period. It was only much later that industrialization follows suit. There were up to 200 employees. In the 1990s, collective farms began to be privatized and the new owners praised them. The main industries are linked to the cultivation of vegetables and flowers.
Each summer, the city hosts a rock festival.
- László Geller (Né in 1944), Ski Hongrois Champion;
- George de Hevesy (1885-1966), winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1943;
- Géza Kovács, director of the Hungarian national Philharmonie;
- László Kovács (1908-1962), professor of chorister, the first winner of the Kossuth Prize;
- Maria Maczko (Ne in 1961), singer;
- József Szaszkó, Musicien (Cithare);
- Sándor Sára (1933-2019), director and documentary filmmaker, leader of Duna TV;
- József Sźenási, Journaliste;
- Zagyva Banda, Groupe de Folk -ong.
Tura is famous for her folk songs. Composer Béla Bartók collected more than 150 folk songs in Tura in 1906. His name is on the wall of the community center of Tura. The city’s fanciful clothes have also inspired many stylists.
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